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@aquaestate6241 7 сағат бұрын
Hi Doc, I can one again confirm your method works. I set up a 1gal plenum with kitty, lava rock and a sponge filter. I added a pregnant shrimp and the Aquairum worked fine all the time. Countless times I’ve heard “keeping a small Aquairum leads to unstable water parameters” - maybe if you do it other ways If you do it your way with a plenum and kitty litter, I’ve had no problems. Thank you once again for sharing these ideas!
@gk9417 Күн бұрын
Hi I made some bcb bags But I put them one inch under the substrate I have a plenum with 2 inches of red fluorite and two inches kitty litter Should I dig out those bags and put them on top of the substrate 🤷🏼♂️✌️🇨🇦
@SonnyVu-d8n 4 күн бұрын
Bentonite clay is Kitty liter
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 4 күн бұрын
@@SonnyVu-d8n you can use it if it’s baked
@SonnyVu-d8n 4 күн бұрын
Can u use the pad as a screen to layer the substrate instead of screen?
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 4 күн бұрын
@@SonnyVu-d8n yes
@Miss.kittty 7 күн бұрын
It's too expensive in australia as well. It's ridiculously priced.
@OldFashionWhiskey 7 күн бұрын
Hello, i have been watching your videos for a 3-4 months now. Not just the new ones but even the older ones from the beginning and i have a genuine concern. If the anoxic filtration truly works as well as you claim then why did your Goldfish die off from disease as well? I recall you mentioning that other youtubers who keep goldfish were making the same mistakes over and over again and their fish die of Dropsy and other reasons but you simply glaze over the death of your goldfish and chop it up to the source you recieved them from??? How am i supposed to believe in your system if you simply got the same results others have gotten???
@candycaneunicorn8024 8 күн бұрын
River and oceans are layered with sand. This guy has no idea. 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 6 күн бұрын
You're comparing with mother nature has to an aquarium. Let me put it this way. What do they fill sandbags with in order to stop water from flooding streets and towns?
@TheGroomers 8 күн бұрын
Just get to the point....
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 6 күн бұрын
60% of the people out there will only watch a video no more than 4 to 5 minutes. I guess you never spent time in the classroom for over an hour and a half. I understand what you're saying that peoples attention span is no longer what it used to be but unfortunately all I can say if you don't like it, don't watch my videos.
@Miss.kittty 8 күн бұрын
In Australia, i can't get laterite kitty litter, I can only get bentonite clay. Would you know if this would have a similar action as laterite? Living in Australia sometimes is like living on another planet. The things you can walk into Walmart and buy is amazing, we dont get that here. I had to send to the USA for an undergravel filter because I couldn't get one here big enough. Great video 🇦🇺
@francisng5714 9 күн бұрын
Dr. Novak, I love fancy goldfish however I have no luck keeping them longer than a few weeks. Can you please provide the link to set up this tank? Thank you!
@Josue-xd5ru 10 күн бұрын
Can i keep just one male alone in my community tank, or do they need to be in a group?
@alturco146 11 күн бұрын
The tank is not much better my tank only lasted 2yr 5 months old and started leaking and the stand got wet had to throw out and corporate did nothing about it had to resilicone myselve and built new stand out of 2x4
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 12 күн бұрын
Hikari is nice. But i don’t want my ranchus to have giant wen like lionheads ☝️ I will be getting them sinking pellets that don’t promote head growth 😤
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 12 күн бұрын
Could you give me hornwort? 🤔
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 12 күн бұрын
I only use API Water Conditioner. Screw all the aquarium plant chemicals and etc ☝️
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
That's a good way to keep it simple!
@sushilpadhye3624 12 күн бұрын
Your videos are absolutely educating ❤
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! I appreciate the support!
@dongreenwood8833 12 күн бұрын
Thankyou for great presentation. I have returned to hobby after 20yrs, was an under gravel filter fan then. Iam setting up a plenum, could I use K1 in the plenum ?
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 12 күн бұрын
I have a wooden table with steel legs. So very durable. Holding my 60 gallon Laguna Basin Tub ☝️ Under the backyard roof. So it is outside, gets a bit of the sun. But safe from leaves and etc
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
Sounds great!
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 12 күн бұрын
Subscribed. You are cooler than Father Fish the clickbait liar 🤥
@robertmycroft8268 12 күн бұрын
It is true... for me. Sometimes less than 3 seconds.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
OMG I hope not! LOL!
@uzyh7622 12 күн бұрын
Hi Dr. Novak, here in Israel it is impossible to find cat litter that is made of clay, what materials can I use for plenum and bcb
@icarlsw34 11 күн бұрын
I too had trouble finding a cat litter. I use safe-t-sorb which is used as an oil absorbent. It has no additives like the cat litters in my area. I live in Canada BTW. It does seem to drop my pH though for a few months. My pH out of the tap is almost an 8. I just setup a new 10gal with only safetsorb. The pH in the tank is 6.4 right now. But I noticed in my other tanks that have been setup for months the pH has gone up to about 7.6. The fish don't seem to be effected as it is a gradual change.
@superaquatics 11 күн бұрын
I could not get the kitty litter as well so I used crushed baked red clay bricks and they worked just fine.
@superaquatics 12 күн бұрын
Great Video Dr Novak. Your videos are always great and informative. Yes I agree with you about the goldfish not having a 3 second memory. When I was younger I had read it somewhere as a goldfish has a 3min memory which is also not true. If their memories were only 3 seconds or 3 min, they would not be getting stressed out when handled or during water changes. My goldfish don't get stressed out when I put my hands or a ruler in the tank as they know I will not bother them, but they definitely freak out the moment they see a fishnet even though I rarely move them about unless absolutely necessary but they still definitely remember the net and know they will be taken out of the water with the net even though it may be over a year since I used the net to take them out.
@ctsfiddler 12 күн бұрын
That is a very nice gesture to give away such neat items. I put a 20 gallon, 10 and 15 at the end of my lawn , each on a different day, with a note "free no leaks". The tanks were gone within minutes. There must be many tropical fish keepers my way, ha ha.
@gk9417 12 күн бұрын
So that’s 5oz for a 55g tank 🤷🙏✌️🇨🇦
@permansson5367 13 күн бұрын
Any ideas on what the ideal flow rate would be?
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
Actually, I don't, but it's got to be less than 10 to 20 gallons an hour or even less than that.
@permansson5367 11 күн бұрын
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Thanks.
@harryroger1739 14 күн бұрын
I have been using BCB filters since covid. They work better than commercial filters - all other You tubers are full of crap, they just want to sell sell sell. Notice how none support or talk about Plenums or BCBs? They will go out of bushiness if they promote it. I only use BCB filters and not plenums. Plenums do not work for me because I have a hill stream loach colony with continues fry so I have to continuously over feed the tank. Therefore, I have bare glass bottoms that are easy to vacuum. There is just too much waste material to expect a plenum to clean. The hill stream loachs need clean water so the BCB filter is essential to keep my fish population healthy.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
Thanks for the comment, and I appreciate you sharing your experience with BCB filters.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 14 күн бұрын
That’s the friendliest Wolf Fish ever lol
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 14 күн бұрын
Holy crap. Your Oddball fish are hella friendly towards goldfish. What the heck? 🤔
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 14 күн бұрын
Goldfish with cichlids 🤣
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
In fact, some people recommend to put goldfish with cichlids like Discus, because the goldfish will go at the bottom of the tank and eat any leftover food by foraging around in the gravel. That is a custom that they use in Japan.
@davechapman9133 14 күн бұрын
please, please,k please, just stay on topic
@VirginiaLaskoskie 15 күн бұрын
I want the tank! Where are you?
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
florida
@VirginiaLaskoskie 15 күн бұрын
Where are you, I really want it
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
Contact me at [email protected]
@jalalmatar454 15 күн бұрын
Hello i always use dirt in my aquarium and plants do fine with no algae..i bought a very expensive aqua soil because i wanted to add monte carlo. But im facing huge brown algae problem and my plants are turning black.. i want to use dirt back again but how to plant monte carlo in dirt ? Do u think i can use dirt and cover it up with gravel and plant monte carlo on it?
@ethelindamorte921 9 күн бұрын
@@jalalmatar454 what soil did you use? All of the ones I find are very expensive and the one I’ve picked out is $65 for 20lb
@Martinroadsguy 15 күн бұрын
Lol "Kodak destroyed their own product." Kodak wasn't the only one developing digital photography, and they knew the inevitable direction the industry would go. They'd have been foolish not to participate in that development. If they hadn't, they'd have gone out of business like Agfa. They still make film btw, and Kodak is one of the biggest manufacturers film and photo chemistry.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 15 күн бұрын
Those r some huge ranchus 👌
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
I know right!
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 15 күн бұрын
For adult ranchus. It is best to separate males and females. Until you wanna breed them ☝️
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 15 күн бұрын
I just use the clay as substrate for my pond pearl weed 🤷 I don’t use it as the pond substrate ☝️ Bare bottom, easier to clean. But montmo clay is definitely helpful as a aquatic plant substrate ☝️
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
I agree with you, bare bottom is the best way to go for a goldfish tank.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 15 күн бұрын
What does sand and small gravel and kitty liter and whatever plant subtrate all do? They make it safer for the fancy goldfish? 🤔 And do you need to worry or do 20% water changes every 2 weeks? 🤔
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 11 күн бұрын
The different substrates mixed together, change the pour-water and permeability of the substrate.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 16 күн бұрын
So the secret is from koi clay, and kitty litter huh? 🤔
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 16 күн бұрын
Lol i just received my 2 kirin baby ranchus. Ans my toddler niece out a handful of sinking hikari sinking pellets 😂 I had to siphon vacuum them
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
That sounds like a fun time with your niece!
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 16 күн бұрын
Turns out in 2024. We can just add water conditioner at the same time we’re adding new tap water 🤷 In the old ways, we would wait 15 minutes and stir the water conditioner and wait ☝️ But you have to know and read what the bottle says. API requires 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons. And it is different for Other conditioners
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
That’s a great reminder! Always check the instructions and be sure to follow them.
@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique 16 күн бұрын
Father Fish doesn’t know what he is talking about. Because Fancy Goldfish require water changes 🤦
@scotchguard74 17 күн бұрын
I think it would be super helpful to also see the ORP / Redox readings for both the water in the tank and the water coming out of the plenum as another point of reference for what is going on in the plenum and just to help those of us who have or are planning to establish plenum style anoxic filters. You could also take it a step further (to shut up all of the nay sayers who think the plants are doing all of the work) by removing the plants for a period of time (replacing them with plastic plants if you can't stand the look of the tank without greenery) and testing the nitrates, phosphates and ORP of both the tank water and the plenum water for a month or two to see what happens. Since you already have an established anoxic filter I would suspect that the nitrates may go up just slightly after removing the plants (since they do do a little work) and then come back down again to near zero once the anoxic bacteria colony grows to match the new nitrate load. Just a thought, but I think it would be a fantastic set of tests that would be hard to refute and would provide some valuable ORP data to help others (including myself) with dialing in our systems.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
I think you are on to something there! However, I have for a long time Shawn redox reading of peoples tanks using a Plenum and they're always high. Because of that I did not see the need to read redox.
@scotchguard74 12 күн бұрын
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums Yes, I've watched all your videos (most at 1.75x speed because there are so many and some are rather long) and I've seen where you provide the ORP / Redox measurements for the water in your tanks and many others and that having high ORP / Redox numbers in the tank water is good. However, I don't believe (unless I just missed it) that you have ever shown the ORP / Redox testing of the water directly from the plenum. To me this seems like the best measure to tune the amount of flow through the plenum in order to create the correct conditions for denitrification to occur. For the type of denitrification that we are looking for, the ORP / Redox measurement of the water in the plenum seems to need to be between 0 and +50mV based on what you've presented in your videos and from other research that I've done on waste water management systems. At +50mV there is little to no denitrification happening and at 0 mV there may be too little flow through the plenum in order to cycle enough of the tank water through the plenum to keep up with the amount of nitrates being produced. What I'm curious to know is if there is a sweet spot or range that provides the most effectiveness (perhaps +10 to +30mV?) and how narrow or wide that might be. But for starters I'd just like to know the measurements of an established working system like yours to have at least one data point. Plus it would show with real measured data that the correct conditions for denitrification to occur can be created within the plenum; as there are others in the fish keeping community and on KZbin who accept that denitrification does in fact occur in waste water systems but have this strange idea that those conditions cannot be created on a smaller scale in aquariums and thus think that the whole idea of anoxic filtration is a myth.
@apolloravindran 17 күн бұрын
My thoughts must have reached you through KZbin, I am trying to get back into the hobby and have had the 125G from PetSmart for many years before I sold it. You are correct that the stand it comes with needs a perfectly level ground for it to sit on and it's not very sturdy, so I was thinking of combining 2 40B stands. Glad you are experimenting with this so would love to see the outcome, subscribed
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
I think you are right to be concerned, I would be very careful using that stand.
@jonisolis9645 17 күн бұрын
Wow, what a deal on that 90 gallon. I wish I lived close.
@franka6302 18 күн бұрын
You brought up another good point. My 5 gallon tank has a 50 watt heater that keeps the tank between 72-75 degrees but under the plenum it's always 1 degree cooler perhaps for the low flow bubbler. I just use 2" of kitty litter, and the snap together plenum set up you use. Thank You
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
That's really interesting, it's great to hear your experience with the plenum.
@franka6302 18 күн бұрын
Im going to ask you a question, Im not trying to be a smart Alec, Curiosity behooves me. If both fresh and marine tests the same why is it you favour the marine tester over the fresh water tester for your aquariums? If you answered that question already, for give me Sir. Thank You for your work and valuable information.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
Actually, I don't favor one tester over the other. It was just a matter of cost and availability.
@albinasandomirsky8406 18 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video! Now let's take a break from water changes and measure nitrate level in a month/two/three.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
I have been considering a long-term experiment like that!
@AQUARIUMFREAK123 18 күн бұрын
Can that foam board go INSIDE of the TANK.... i want to use it as a shock weight absorber for heavy rocks ? is it aquarium safe ?
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
Absolutely not. It's just made for underneath the aquarium because it does have paper on top and bottom of the foam.
@AQUARIUMFREAK123 12 күн бұрын
@@anoxicfiltrationplenums i am currently testing PIPE TUBE INSULATION FOAM as an aquarium safe sponge foam.. it gets wet from pipe condensation so i figure it will hold together under water.. so far so good.
@HAL-dm1eh 18 күн бұрын
People have done neat things with cement blocks and/or 2x4s and/or some paint. For those who aren't as much DIY, it might be worth looking into as it might be a lot easier than you'd think, especially the cement blocks. And you can cover them with shiplap, vinyl wrap or cloth.
@anoxicfiltrationplenums 12 күн бұрын
You are right, it is really simple to do!